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The 48th Annual Saratoga Jazz Festival will return for a full two-day and two-stage weekend experience on Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, June 29 at Saratoga Performing Arts Center.Featuring a roster of 22 musical groups and 10 festival debuts, the line-up is headlined by magnetic performers Gary Clark Jr. and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, alongside beloved jazz vocalists Gregory Porter and Cassandra Wilson, and the next generation of jazz, funk and rock stars Cory Wong, Lettuce, DJ Logic & Friends and Veronica Swift.Danny Melnick is the festival producer and President of Absolutely Live Entertainment.
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The Egg in Albany, NY is welcoming the legendary Dionne Warwick to celebrate the last chance to enjoy The Egg in its current state before they temporarily close for renovations this summer. She will be performing at The Egg at 8 p.m. on 6/20.
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The Albany Symphony Orchestra’s 2025 American Music Festival takes place June 4-8th with composer workshops and rehearsal readings, post-concert musical mingling, Dogs of Desire, the culminating Festival concert, recitals, and more in Troy and Albany. Maestro David Alan Miller will be with us for a preview.
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Comedian, actor, writer, improviser, and podcaster Paul F. Tompkins is bringing his VarieTOURpia (which is not a clumsy portmanteau) to The Egg in Albany, New York on Monday, June 2 at 7:30 p.m.
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The Hudson Valley's own Robert Burke Warren and pianist Dennis Yerry present an evening of multi-Grammy/Oscar/Emmy-award-winning songwriter Randy Newman at The Local in Saugerties, New York on Friday, April 18 at 8 p.m.
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Lisa Michelle Anderson is a Berkshire-based folk-rock singer-songwriter with a new album and record release show coming up this week!“Get to Somewhere,” produced by Johnny Irion is a collection of true stories that have shaped Lisa’s life and work. The album comes out this Friday, April 4 and Lisa Michelle Anderson will play an album release concert with special guests at The Lion’s Den in Stockbridge, Massachusetts on Saturday, April 5.
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Translucent Borders is a project exploring ways that dancers and musicians can engage across geographic, cultural, and economic borders. The Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, New York will host Translucent Borders Weekend on April 4–6.
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The new concert documentary, “The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience” showcases a 28-piece hip-hop orchestra led by JooWan Kim, a Korean-born composer blending the worlds of hip-hop and classical masters like Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach. “The Hip-Hop Orchestra Experience” will premiere on PBS All Arts tomorrow, March 19. It is directed by Josh Nesmith and he joins us along with aforementioned composer JooWan Kim.
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The Egg in Albany, New Yok presents music, comedy, dance, art, theatre, and family entertainment year-round. They are going to pause a bit for major renovations. Diane Eber is the Executive Director, and she will join us for a preview of upcoming “Last Hurrah” events before the construction begins.
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Tomorrow night at Caffè Lena, Pioneer Valley based singer-songwriter and visual artist Heather Maloney will play a concert marking the release of her first full-length album in five years.“Exploding Star” - now out from Signature Sounds - is a reverie on loss and grief. A collection of songs written after her father died in 2021, “Exploding Star” is made up of sweet and sour memories, wistful, beautiful melodies, and heart.